122 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



This is a pomelo of considerable merit and worthy of 

 propagation. The variety originated as a seedling in the 

 grove of A. A. Gardner, Fort Myers, Fla. 



Nocatee. Form roundish or somewhat oblate; size 

 small, 23-8x2 3-4 inches, 21-2x3 inches, 25-8x3 1-4 

 inches; stem small; calyx small; apex slightly marked; 

 color lemon yellow, occasionally somewhat deeper; rind 

 1-8 to 3-16 inch, easily detached; oil cells minute, slightly 

 indented; sections twelve, variable in size, separating 

 easily; flesh yellowish gray; tissue thin, translucent; juice 

 almost transparent; acidity medium; bitter principle lack- 

 ing; juice sacks small, short, plump, in shape resembling 

 those of the tangierine; flavor a commingling of pomelo 

 and tangierine; pith small, 3-8 inch in diameter; seeds 

 three to twenty-three, small, slightly winged at the tip; 

 cotyledons white or green, or partly green and partly 

 white; season late; a good keeper. 



This variety appears to be a well marked hybrid be- 

 tween the tangierine and the pomelo, and I have placed 

 it with the pomelos because the fruit, in general appear- 

 ance, more closely resembles that fruit. 



It originated at Nocatee, Fla., and Mr. T. J. Watkins, 

 the owner of the tree, in 1902 wrote the following notes 

 regarding it : "The original tree is about twenty years old, 

 and somewhat larger than an average sour orange tree of 

 the same age. It is a hybrid of accidental origin, showing 

 marks of grapefruit, tangierine and bitter-sweet orange. 

 It is a distinct type, having fruit, bloom, wood, habit of 

 growth and leaf different from all others, and is as easily 

 recognizable as the tangierine or grapefruit. It is a strong, 

 vigorous grower, with limbs long and somewhat slender. 

 The leaves are medium size, broad, slightly bent upward 

 from midrib and slightly curved backward, giving a shape 



